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|Description=per Maigaard.[115]  Maigaard sees Long Ball as the oldest ancestor of rounders, cricket and baseball, a game that was played in many countries. Long Ball is described as using teams of from 4 to 20 players. It involved a pitcher, batter, and an “out-goal” or base that the batter-runner tried to reach after hitting (or after missing a third swing) before being plugged. Caught flies signaled an immediate switch between the in-team and the out-team.   Many members of the in-team could share a base as runners. Runs were not counted, as the objective was to remain at bat for a long period. A 1914 text[116] describes Long Ball in generally similar terms, but one that uses a regular indoor baseball, one base to run to, scoring by runs, a three-out-side-out rule, and no foul ground. Plugging is allowed. A weblog written in the Australian outback in 2007 described a version of contemporary Long Ball.
|Description=<p>per Maigaard. Maigaard sees Long Ball as the oldest ancestor of rounders, cricket and baseball, a game that was played in many countries. Long Ball is described as using teams of from 4 to 20 players. It involved a pitcher, batter, and an &ldquo;out-goal&rdquo; or base that the batter-runner tried to reach after hitting (or after missing a third swing) before being plugged. Caught flies signaled an immediate switch between the in-team and the out-team. Many members of the in-team could share a base as runners. Runs were not counted, as the objective was to remain at bat for a long period. A 1914 text describes Long Ball in generally similar terms, but one that uses a regular indoor baseball, one base to run to, scoring by runs, a three-out-side-out rule, and no foul ground. Plugging is allowed. A weblog written in the Australian outback in 2007 described a version of contemporary Long Ball.</p>
|Sources=<p><span>Per Maigaard, "Battingball Games,"&nbsp;</span><em>Genus</em><span>&nbsp;5&nbsp;</span>(1941)<span>.</span></p>
<p><span><span>Henry S. Curtis,&nbsp;</span><em>Play and Recreation for the Open Country</em><span>&nbsp;</span>(Ginn, 1914)<span>. pages 62-63.</span></span></p>
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per Maigaard. Maigaard sees Long Ball as the oldest ancestor of rounders, cricket and baseball, a game that was played in many countries. Long Ball is described as using teams of from 4 to 20 players. It involved a pitcher, batter, and an “out-goal” or base that the batter-runner tried to reach after hitting (or after missing a third swing) before being plugged. Caught flies signaled an immediate switch between the in-team and the out-team. Many members of the in-team could share a base as runners. Runs were not counted, as the objective was to remain at bat for a long period. A 1914 text describes Long Ball in generally similar terms, but one that uses a regular indoor baseball, one base to run to, scoring by runs, a three-out-side-out rule, and no foul ground. Plugging is allowed. A weblog written in the Australian outback in 2007 described a version of contemporary Long Ball.

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Per Maigaard, "Battingball Games," Genus 5 (1941).

Henry S. Curtis, Play and Recreation for the Open Country (Ginn, 1914). pages 62-63.

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